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the thing is, china and taiwan claim them too. chinese leaders said nationalizing them is not acceptable. they've sent petrol ships into japanese waters around the islands, followed closely by japan coast guard crews. the new leadership declared china would build itself into a maritime power by safeguarding its interests. japan's next government will take up other disputes too. in august south korean president visited islands his country controls in the sea of japan. japanese claims sovereignty over the territory which they call takeshima. >> translator: japan's leaders should first sit down at the negotiating table and seek advantages. >> translator: we shouldn't let others go on saying whatever they like. the government should stay tough and say what we should say. >> reporter: all these tensions seem to have come to a head. critics including in the house the liberal democrats say democratic party leaders have mishandled relations with the u.s. and they say that has sent the wrong message to japan's neighbors. japanese and u.s.
the thing is, china and taiwan claim them too. chinese leaders said nationalizing them is not acceptable. they've sent petrol ships into japanese waters around the islands, followed closely by japan coast guard crews. the new leadership declared china would build itself into a maritime power by safeguarding its interests. japan's next government will take up other disputes too. in august south korean president visited islands his country controls in the sea of japan. japanese claims sovereignty...
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the thing is, china and taiwan claim them too. chinese leaders said nationalizing them is not acceptable. they've sent petrol ships into japanese waters around the islands, followed closely by japan coast guard crews. the new leadership declared china would build itself into a maritime power by safeguarding its interests. japan's next government will take up other disputes too. in august south korean president visited islands his country controls in the sea of japan. japanese claims sovereignty over the territory which they call takeshima. >> translator: japan's leaders should first sit down at the negotiating table and seek advantages. >> translator: we shouldn't let others go on saying whatever they like. the government should stay tough and say what we should say. >> reporter: all these tensions seem to have come to a head. critics including in the house the liberal democrats say democratic party leaders have mishandled relations with the u.s. and they say that has sent the wrong message to japan's neighbors. japanese and u.s.
the thing is, china and taiwan claim them too. chinese leaders said nationalizing them is not acceptable. they've sent petrol ships into japanese waters around the islands, followed closely by japan coast guard crews. the new leadership declared china would build itself into a maritime power by safeguarding its interests. japan's next government will take up other disputes too. in august south korean president visited islands his country controls in the sea of japan. japanese claims sovereignty...
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china and taiwan claim them. >> the re-elected leader in the united states and new leaders in all three major countries of northeast asia. this is an opportunity to take a step back and get a new perspective and avoid this tit for tat and day to day things causing so much tension. >> steinberg called on japanese leaders to break the stalemate over relocating a u.s. air base in okinawa. he says the delays are hindering efforts to build a stronger alliance. a chinese government plane approached japanese air space over the senkaku islands. fighter jets were scrambled to interassessment the craft. defense minister officials say air defense force personnel spotted the plane. the twin propellor aircraft belongs to china's state oceanic administration. the plane came within 120 kilometers of the area and left without entering japanese air space. it's the third day in a row the chinese aircraft has been spotted at the same time on a similar course. self-defense forces are on heightened alert. it is suspected the chinese may be making regular surveillance flights. north korea hinted that there i
china and taiwan claim them. >> the re-elected leader in the united states and new leaders in all three major countries of northeast asia. this is an opportunity to take a step back and get a new perspective and avoid this tit for tat and day to day things causing so much tension. >> steinberg called on japanese leaders to break the stalemate over relocating a u.s. air base in okinawa. he says the delays are hindering efforts to build a stronger alliance. a chinese government plane...
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relations to china, agree to withdraw american troops from taiwan. what made you make that decision? >> the conviction was a country of the magnitude of china could not be kicked out of the international system indefinitely. it would destroy the international system. also, we thought if the soviet union which occupied czechoslovakia and it could do the same to china. that would change the psychological and strategic position in the world. >> and it was here in the growing wedge between the two communist powers that nixon and kissinger saw an opening. they would lean towards china. trouble was, how to contact a regime whose very existence the united states denied. >> we came up with the idea that our ambassador in warsaw should walk up to the chinese ambassador at the next social event in which they were both present and ask for a meeting. and say we wanted to talk. >> this is like a spy thriller. >> absolutely. so there was a yugoslav fashion show. they were both there. our ambassador walked over to the chinese and our ambassador chased him down the
relations to china, agree to withdraw american troops from taiwan. what made you make that decision? >> the conviction was a country of the magnitude of china could not be kicked out of the international system indefinitely. it would destroy the international system. also, we thought if the soviet union which occupied czechoslovakia and it could do the same to china. that would change the psychological and strategic position in the world. >> and it was here in the growing wedge...
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is it, 56, tthe vatican, switze, taiwan or bermuda? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. go do cnn.com/fareed. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. go to itunes.com/fareed for our podcast. you can get the awudio version for free or buy the video version. this bookweek's book of the wee an inverted system. he inverted the idea what would make a system or country or individual anti-fragile. if you go to our conversation in the last segment you can tell this is a fascinating book from a highly inventive mind. for the last look. a political science professor likes to point out that in democratic nations highways are full of twists and turns to accommodate property and people. in autocratic they are straight because leaders can bulldoze whatever is in the way to get to a straight line. take a look at this interesting twist on that rule. the builders of this highway in china built their road in a straight line but as you can see the road has a house right in the middle of it. the homeowner refused to budge so they built ar
is it, 56, tthe vatican, switze, taiwan or bermuda? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. go do cnn.com/fareed. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. go to itunes.com/fareed for our podcast. you can get the awudio version for free or buy the video version. this bookweek's book of the wee an inverted system. he inverted the idea what would make a system or country or individual anti-fragile. if you go to our conversation in the last segment you can tell this is a fascinating...
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>> john zan with cti-tv of taiwan. secretary campbell, a simple question for you. taiwan is a party to both the south china sea dispute and the east china sea dispute. what do you think -- what kind of a role do you think taiwan can play in calming down the situation or peacefully resolving the situation? president ma has actually proposed an east china sea peace initiative, calling for bilateral and trilateral talks on the issue. what does the united states think of this proposal? would it serve as a basis for dialogue? thank you. >> first of all, at a larger level, obviously one of the most important things that the united states seeks to convey is the determination to maintain peace and stability across the taiwan strait. we've also strongly supported the positive dialogue that has taken place over the last several years between the mainland and taiwan. we seek that to continue. we also want to support our unofficial ties with taiwan, particularly in the area of economic engagements. we have made very clear to all parties our position on these territorial matter
>> john zan with cti-tv of taiwan. secretary campbell, a simple question for you. taiwan is a party to both the south china sea dispute and the east china sea dispute. what do you think -- what kind of a role do you think taiwan can play in calming down the situation or peacefully resolving the situation? president ma has actually proposed an east china sea peace initiative, calling for bilateral and trilateral talks on the issue. what does the united states think of this proposal? would...
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to susub marine they want the abily to keep our aircraft carriers and may i have beyond to east of taiwan and japan and so on, first island chain they call it and they are developing specific capabilities to do that, highly accurate cruise and ballistic missiles that could potentially put our aircraft carriers at risk and building a lot of diesel and nuclear submarines, they have clearly been working on cyber and they have clearly been working on anti-satellite capabilities so those are some of the focused areas in which they are trying to be able to make, take advantage of our vulnerabilities. i worry that if their economy -- well, let me say, i think the only source of legitimacy for that regime is a steadily improving standard of living. if their economy begins to slow down and they can't do that, there is a lot of unrest in china today. i mean just to take one example, in social media, you know, there are thousands and thousands of demonstrations and riots in china every year, many of them in rural areas, well to paraphrase the old ad, it used to be that what happened this the village
to susub marine they want the abily to keep our aircraft carriers and may i have beyond to east of taiwan and japan and so on, first island chain they call it and they are developing specific capabilities to do that, highly accurate cruise and ballistic missiles that could potentially put our aircraft carriers at risk and building a lot of diesel and nuclear submarines, they have clearly been working on cyber and they have clearly been working on anti-satellite capabilities so those are some of...
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jobs data, but sharp shares soared over 8% after taiwan said investment talks were still on. south korea losses in automakers were offset by gains in technology shares and ship builders. meanwhile australia's asx 200 up nearly 1% today with miners and banks gaining knmomentum. sensex lower by 0.5%. >> thank you for that. a one meert high tsunami has hit the ming a sgi prefecture in japan after an earthquake struck. the quake rocked buildings as far as tokyo. all nuclear plants and refiners are operating as normal. we did see the dollar yen hit a session on -- or the yen hitting a session high. we have a little bit higher, the yen right now, 82.37. peter styles is joining us for more. >> we've had six earthquakes, decreasing in magnitude. we had the 7.3, a lot smaller than the one which devastated japan on fukushima. it's probably at least 500 times less in energy. and so we've had a sequence of 7.3, 6.2 and then going through 5.5 down to 4.8. so a cluster of earthquakes. they're relatively shallow, which means they're at the outer rim of where they're generated, which is why
jobs data, but sharp shares soared over 8% after taiwan said investment talks were still on. south korea losses in automakers were offset by gains in technology shares and ship builders. meanwhile australia's asx 200 up nearly 1% today with miners and banks gaining knmomentum. sensex lower by 0.5%. >> thank you for that. a one meert high tsunami has hit the ming a sgi prefecture in japan after an earthquake struck. the quake rocked buildings as far as tokyo. all nuclear plants and...
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and from japan, -- [inaudible] the taiwan, the philippines, this is called -- from the viewpoint of china. violence exists in the pacific. china openly express their strong interest in the maritime security and also the territory along those islands. so these china sea, this is not isolated when. this is a kind of china military strategy to advance. >> that's an important point. which are basically saying this is about power. and a powerful which china is going to become more powerful. they are powerful to write history. we write history. you are seeing lines challenge, and i remember talking to george soros once when, after he so go the back of england, wrote the bank of england and what he saw as a hedge fund manager as a chance to basically drive so hard against the line that fundamentally the institutional power on the bank of england site had to collapse. and i look at asia and the power in the region, the lines that used to be a, whether the ep three incident in 2001, whether it was china's more vociferous and robust complaints about south korea and america's naval exercises, or the
and from japan, -- [inaudible] the taiwan, the philippines, this is called -- from the viewpoint of china. violence exists in the pacific. china openly express their strong interest in the maritime security and also the territory along those islands. so these china sea, this is not isolated when. this is a kind of china military strategy to advance. >> that's an important point. which are basically saying this is about power. and a powerful which china is going to become more powerful....
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core interest means taiwan, hung calm, tibet and now these islands. that means there's not a lot of room for negotiation. in other words, you move a certain flexibility lets you describe is something being a core interest. that's worrisome because it's right in the brain of the sovereignty question and i'm not coming china is this uncompromising on any topic. >> question over here. do you have a microphone? >> thank you. following that question. in 2011, with secretary gates was visiting china for meetings, the chinese tested a new stealth plane that apparently was tested by the military without notification of the top civilian leadership. for the first time we have not only china expanding the territorial regional interests, we have a china with a new political leadership with no military expertise. by the way, same thing in our country. what impact do you think that will have in terms of potential miscalculations and what have you already seen in the last 15 months in terms of civil military relations? thank you. >> it is our hope that xi jinping no
core interest means taiwan, hung calm, tibet and now these islands. that means there's not a lot of room for negotiation. in other words, you move a certain flexibility lets you describe is something being a core interest. that's worrisome because it's right in the brain of the sovereignty question and i'm not coming china is this uncompromising on any topic. >> question over here. do you have a microphone? >> thank you. following that question. in 2011, with secretary gates was...